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I’ve experienced the foggy existence of sleepless nights. And having four unique children has afforded me the insight that, while it is possible for a very young baby to sleep all night, it is certainly the exception.
    These “expert” books are typically complicated, difficult to read, and woefully short on solutions. I waded through stacks of books bursting with information about human sleep, but all lacked specific solutions to the sleeping-through-the-night-without-crying-it-out dilemma. Sure, the reader learns the mechanics, but still she’s left wondering one basic question. How does she teach her baby to sleep?
    I’ve presented the information you need in a friendly, easy-to-follow format so that even in your sleep-desperate state, you can find your solutions easily and quickly.
    To show you how things were going for me when I began working on the concepts herein, this was Coleton’s actual night-waking schedule, logged on tiny bits of paper one very sleepless night.

    Introduction
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    Coleton’s Night Wakings
    Twelve months old
    8:45 P.M. Lie in bed and nurse, still awake
    9:00 Up again to read with David and Vanessa
    9:20 To bed, lie down, and nurse to sleep
    9:40 Finally! Asleep
    11:00 Nurse for 10 minutes
    12:46 Nurse for 5 minutes
    1:55 Nurse for 10 minutes
    3:38 Change diaper, nurse for 25 minutes
    4:50 Nurse for 10 minutes
    5:27 Nurse for 15 minutes
    6:31 Nurse for 15 minutes
    7:02 Nurse for 20 minutes
    7:48 Up. Nurse, then up for the day
    Number of night wakings: 8
    Longest sleep stretch: 11⁄2 hours
    Total hours of nighttime sleep: 81⁄4 hours
    Naps: One restless nap for 3⁄4 hour
    Total hours of sleep: 9 hours
    And I did this for twelve months! So, you see? If you are there now, you really do have my heartfelt sympathy, because I have been there too. And I can get you out of that sleepless place, just as I did for my baby and myself. That’s a promise.
    Picking my way though ideas and options, experimenting and applying what I had learned, this is the improvement I experienced after twenty days creating and using my sleep solutions:

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    The No-Cry Sleep Solution
    Coleton’s Night Wakings
    Sleep plan in effect: 20 days
    8:00 P.M. To bed. Lie down and nurse to sleep
    11:38 Nurse for 10 minutes
    4:35 Nurse for 10 minutes
    7:15 Nurse for 20 minutes
    8:10 Nurse. Up for the day
    Number of night wakings: 3
    Longest sleep stretch: 5 hours
    Total hours of nighttime sleep: 111⁄2 hours
    Naps: One peaceful nap, one hour long
    Total hours of sleep: 121⁄2
    Amount of crying involved: ZERO
    Success, Day by Day
    As my research continued, so did our improvement. In the insight-ful words of Iyanla Vanzant in her book, Yesterday, I Cried (Simon
    & Schuster, 2000), “All teachers must learn. All healers must be healed, and your teaching, healing work does not stop while your learning, healing process continues.”
    As Coleton began to sleep better, I was deeply involved in the research and writing of this book, so naturally, I continued to apply what I was learning. More time passed, and Coleton finally followed in his sister’s footsteps and began sleeping ten hours straight without a peep. (At first, I would wake up every few hours worried. I’d place my hands on his little body to feel for breathing.
    Eventually I realized he was just peacefully, quietly sleeping.)

    Introduction
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    This is Coleton’s log after using the strategies I’d learned during the writing of this book:
    Coleton’s Night Wakings
    7:50 P.M. Coleton lays his head on my lap and asks to go “night night.”
    8:00 To bed. Lie down to nurse
    8:18 Asleep
    6:13 A.M. Nurse for 20 minutes
    7:38 Up for the day
    Number of night wakings: 1 (Improved from 8)
    Longest sleep stretch: 10 hours (Improved from 11⁄2)
    Total hours of nighttime sleep: 11 hours (improved from 81⁄4) Naps: One peaceful nap, two hours long (improved from 3⁄4 hour) Total hours of sleep: 13 hours (improved from 9 hours) Amount of crying involved: ZERO
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